Hose-nozzle holder



(No Model.)

' s. w. EVANS. HOSE NOZZLB HOLDER.

No. 244,869. Patgnted July 26,1881.

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. i UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

' SAMUEL W. EVANS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

1 HOSE-NOZZLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,869, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed May 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. EVANS, of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Hose-Noz- 5 zle Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus for holding a hose-nozzlein any position, thereby enabling a person to direct a stream of :water in any desired direction with great convenience.

The invention consists in a ring or sleeve for receiving the nozzle, and provided with trunnions journaled in uprights of a plate swiveled on an upright pivotedto a folding base-frame provided on the under side with spikes to prevent it from slipping, on which folding base-frame a series of brace-rods are pivoted, these rods being provided with T- shaped heads fitting in corresponding notches in the upper end of the vertical rod, in which notches they are held by spring-catches; or the plate may be pivoted to a sliding carrier on a rail at the sides of a fire-boat, this carrier be- 2 ing provided with a screw for locking it in any desired position and with braces for holding the nozzle.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved hose-nozzle holder; Fig. 0 2 is a plan view of the ring with trimmings. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the upper end of the vertical rod, showing the notches or recesses and spring-catches. Fig. 4 is a perspective of my improved hose-nozzle holder for fire-boats, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The ring A is provided with trunnions B, journaled in uprights O of a plate, D, swiveled on the head E of a rod, F, pivoted on the central beam, G, of a frame, G, composed of three beams, G G G pivoted or hinged to each other at one end and connected at the 4 5 opposite ends by chains H or pivoted or hinged brace-rods, so that when the beams G G G are spread a triangular base-frame will be formed. These beams are provided on the under side with spikes J J, to prevent this baseframe from slipping on the ground. A bracerod, K, provided at the upper end with a T- shaped head, L,is pivoted at the lower end to each beam G G Gr at the rear ends of the same, the T-shaped heads of these rods fitting in corresponding recesses, m, in the head of the rod F, or in projections of this head when the rod F is erected. The heads L are held in these recesses by spring-catches O.

The plate D may be swiveled on carrier or plate P, bent over the edges of a rail, Q, on which this carrier slides. The carrier is provided with a screw, R, for looking it in any desired position. This rail Q is arranged on the side of a boat. The uprights O of the swivel-plate D are provided with braces S,

' pivoted thereto, and provided at the outer ends with hooks which are hooked in the handles I of the nozzle T.

In place of the ring A, a sleeve, V, provided with trunnions may be journaled iu the uprights of the swiveled plate D, the hose W being secured'to the rear end of this sleeve and the nozzle to the upper end, or the nozzle may be passed through the ring A or sleeve V. As the nozzle is conical it can be jammed in the ring orsleeve, and the person attending to the nozzle need only to regulate the inclination of the nozzle.

Heretofore the nozzle had to be held and inclined, and in many cases several men were required to accomplish this; but with my apparatus one man can regulate the inclination of the nozzle very conveniently.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hose-nozzle holder made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a ring or sleeve carrying the hose-pipe, and pivoted between arms upon a plate that is swiveled on a suitable support, as set forth.

2. In a hose-nozzle holder, the combination, with the ringA, pivoted in the uprights O G, of the plate D, swiveled on an upright, F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hose-nozzle holder, the combination, with the ring A, pivoted on the uprights G of a plate, D, swiveled on an upright, F, pivoted on a base-frame, G, of the brace-rods K K, pivoted on the base-frame G, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a hose-nozzle holder, the combination, with the base-frame G of the upright J, its head provided with recesses M, of the brace-rods K, provided with T-shaped heads L, and pivoted on the base-frame G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the pur- \pose set forth.

5. In a hose-nozzle holder, the combination, with the base-frame G, of the upright F, its head E, provided with recess M and springcatches O, of the brace-rods K, provided with T-shaped heads L, and pivoted to the baseframe G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL WILKASON EVANS.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. HANAFEY, JOHN ALLAN. 

